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2015 Miami ePrix

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Date
  
March 14 (14-03), 2015

Course
  
Street circuit

Location
  
Miami, United States

Course length
  
2.17 km (1.35 mi)

2015 Miami ePrix

Official name
  
2015 FIA Formula E Miami ePrix

Distance
  
39 laps, 84.6 km (53.7 mi)

The 2015 Miami ePrix, formally the 2015 FIA Formula E Miami ePrix, was a Formula E motor race held on March 14, 2015 at the Biscayne Bay Street Circuit, Miami, United States. It was the fifth championship race of the single-seater, electrically powered racing car series' inaugural season. The race was won by Nicolas Prost. Miami was subsequently dropped from the Formula E schedule for the 2015–16 season.

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Background

After the previous race in Buenos Aires, four driver changes took place. The first was Loïc Duval, replacing Oriol Servià at Dragon. The second was Scott Speed, replacing Marco Andretti at Andretti. Speed was the fourth driver in five races to drive the second car for Andretti. The third was Charles Pic returning to the series with China Racing, replacing Ho-Pin Tung. Pic had previously competed for Andretti in the first round in Beijing. Finally, Vitantonio Liuzzi replaced Michela Cerruti at Trulli GP.

Salvador Durán, Jean-Éric Vergne, and Bruno Senna were voted to receive the FanBoost, giving an extra 30 kWh for five seconds per car.

Qualifying

Notes:

  • ^1  –Nelson Piquet, Jr. received a five-place grid penalty for speeding under yellow flags in the previous race.
  • ^2  –Nick Heidfeld was excluded for exceeding the maximum power usage.
  • ^3  –Karun Chandhok was excluded for exceeding the maximum power usage.

    • Race

    Notes:

  • ^1  – Two points for fastest lap.
  • ^2  – Three points for winning qualifying.

    • Standings after the race

  • Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

    • References

    2015 Miami ePrix Wikipedia
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